Fastening for garments



(No Model.

W. F.- PEET. FASTENING FOR GARMENTS.

No. 570,267. PatentedOot. 27, 1896.

ATRWEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

WALTER F. PEET, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENING FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,267, dated October2'7, 1896.

Application filed November 27,1898. Serial No. 492,107. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER F. PEET, a citi= zen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful 11nprovement in Fastenings for Garments,&c., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specificationand accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of an eye for the hook member of a garment orother article, the same being constructed of a raised cross-bar andattaching-eyes at the ends thereof, said bar occupying a positioncentrally on said eyes, the space of the bar being adapted to be fullyoccupied by the portion of the bend of the hook, so that lateral play ofthe hook or eye, or both, is prevented. The eyes have their open ends ortermini on opposite sides, so that while the eye which has an open endmay yield, the other eye, which has its end closed, is rigid andunyielding, and so is prevented from overturning. Furthermore, the hookand eye may be located entirely within the edge of the overlapping partor flap of the garment or articleto which they are secured, whereby theyare concealed after the manner of a blind eye.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a fastening for a garment,&c., embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof.Fig. 3 represents a top or plan view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a cross-bar which is formed withlegs B at the ends thereof, and O designates eyes which are formed of asingle coil or ring and connected with the lower ends of said legs, itbeing noticed that owing to the legs B the crossbar rises centrally fromthe inner sides of said eyes.

The fastening is made of a piece of wire suitably bent into shape, so asto produce the parts named. One eye is turned to the right and the otherto the left, so that the termini of the eyes are opposite to each otherand on opposite sides of the crossbar or central part of the wire. It isevident that when the fastening is secured to the place of service thestrain on the same from opposite sides will cause the open ends of theeye to yield, whereby the fastening is liable to overturn, but this isprevented by the fact that there is always one solid side of the eye inservice. Now as this side is rigid it will not yield, and thus itcounteracts the yielding action of the opposite eye, whose end is open.By this pro- .vision the fastening remains comparatively true and flaton the garment and prevents the latter from opening. The bend of thehook fits closely between the legs of the eye member, so that there isno lateral movement of the hook on the eye. Furthermore, the outer endof the hook is adapted to rest within the space between the two eyeswithout projecting in front of the same. Consequently both the hook andfastening are concealed by the outer flap of the garment to which theparts are applied.

I am aware that it is not new to form a fastening of a crossbar withdepending legs, and eyes on said legs, said eyes being bent in the samedirection from said legs. I am also aware that it is not new to form afastening of a cross-bar with depending legs and double eyes on the endsthereof, the terminals of said eyes being exposed on the outside of thebodies of said eyes, whereby said terminals are liable to catch in thegarment and scratch the hands, but in my construction, while the side ofone eye is elastic and the side of the opposite eye is rigid, thetermini or ends of both eyes are directly opposite the place where saideyes start or bend off from the legs, and they abut against said bends,so that each eye is a perfect circle and the termination thereof is 011what may be termed the inner side of the circle, where it is notexposed, said termination, as is evident, being the cut end of the wireof which the fastener is produced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 'is- In a garment-fastener, an eye memberconstructed of a cross-bar, depending legs on the ends thereof, and asingle eye on the base of each leg, the bodies of the two eyes beingwholly outside of the space between said legs, and the termini of saideyes facing the bases of the legs in opposite directions, the partsnamed being combined substantially as described.

IVALTER F. PEET.

Witnesses WM. 0. Wrnnnnsnnrn,

R. H. GRAESER.

